and ultimately put part of the baker threat in the law. the obama administration didn't like the threat and didn't like leaning on the united nations and made that clear when the plo, when the palestinian authority sought membership last year, successfully. and clearly the unwillingness of the obama administration to take a tough line has led to this outcome. >> jamie: i won't express an opinion, but it does sound like you described it to be somewhat of a dangerous and precarious situation, not making matters better and moving closer together. but secretary clinton went on, saying that israel and the israelis should be generous with the palestinian authority. what do you think she meant by that? and would that get us can hes closer to a peaceful negotiation or further away? >> no, i think it's a statement that says just peace the palestinian authority a little more and everything will be fine and it's just not worked out this way. and a lot focused on them. but on the part of the administration, was that the palestinian authority, abbas we